Family and friends gather mark a milestone they feared they might not reach.
A teacher at a northern suburbs high school has been stood down and charged with child sex offences including indecently recording a child under his supervision.
May 20, 2013, 6:56 pm
Friends and family of a father missing off the coast of Coral Bay were this evening struggling to come to grips with their grief after authorities ended a five-day search.
May 20, 2013, 6:51 pmA teenager on a Saturday night out with his mates heard a "loud crack" before he noticed a man lying unconscious on the ground, the trial of a man accused of a one-punch assault in Northbridge has been told.
May 20, 2013, 6:05 pm
A former teacher will serve more than six years in prison for plotting to start a doll-making business in Thailand as a front for a sex ring involving fellow convicted paedophiles.
May 20, 2013, 3:15 pmClaims that a helicopter crashed near Gingin today are understood to have been a hoax.
May 20, 2013, 2:50 pmA man stabbed in the back and abandoned by a fellow drug user was without a pulse for 42 minutes before being revived in hospital, a Perth jury has been told.
May 20, 2013, 2:48 pmTwo lucky West Australians are more than $600,000 richer after Saturday night's Lotto draw.
May 20, 2013, 2:22 pmProcedures of two government departments during a joint goat culling operation in the Gascoyne that resulted in the death of a pilot and his passenger are under the coronial microscope at an inquest.
May 20, 2013, 2:15 pmUpdate 3.45pm: Two boys who went missing in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kununoppin last night have been found.
May 20, 2013, 1:32 pm
Police are appealing for information about a 42-year-old man who has not been seen since Friday morning.
May 20, 2013, 12:52 pmTreasurer Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian Government for not signing up to the Commonwealth's school education and disability care reforms.
May 20, 2013, 12:44 pm
Wayne Leslie McKenna - the brother of convicted paedophile Dennis McKenna - has begun trial on allegations he also sexually molested boarders at a Katanning hostel the brothers worked at.
May 20, 2013, 12:37 pmA planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.
May 20, 2013, 11:51 amAn Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.
May 20, 2013, 10:44 amA 25-year-old man is fighting for his life after a skydiving accident in the Pilbara.
May 20, 2013, 10:33 amThe dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.
May 20, 2013, 10:07 amThree people have been taken to hospital after a car crash on Great Eastern Highway in Wooroloo.
May 20, 2013, 9:13 amPolice are searching for thieves who stole jewellery from a Southern River store early this morning.
May 20, 2013, 8:58 amThe search for a Canberra man has been called off five days after he disappeared and his wife died while swimming at a remote beach near Coral Bay.
May 20, 2013, 8:43 amUPDATE 11am: Commuters faced long delays on Perth train lines this morning after a technical fault temporarily brought all trains to a halt.
May 20, 2013, 7:45 am#Perth teacher charged with child sex offences. #PerthNews http://t.co/TpkUmB77tg
Friends of a father missing off WA coast struggle to come to grips with grief as search ends. #PerthNews http://t.co/M4qdA6BIJs
Witness heard crack, saw unconscious man on #Perth street: court told. #PerthNews http://t.co/T14uNIZMOS
Drug row led to stabbing, court told. #perthnews http://t.co/0HzgGTbWZS
Prison for paedophile in 'evil' sex ring. #PerthNews http://t.co/lC1Lrh6MZm
Chopper crash call near Gingin believed to be a hoax. #PerthNews http://t.co/vYEhoxvNCJ
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